Recoil-mount for ordnance.



j. GONSIOR I F. OPP.

RECON. MOUNT FOR ORDNANCE.

APPLICATION FILED III/111.20. 191s.

1,204,751 Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

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RECOL-IVIGUNT FOB. RDNANCE.

Specification 0I" Letters Patent.

atented Nov. 1d, 16115.

Application led March 20, 1916. Serial No. 85,466.

Be it known that we, Josnrii GoNsior. and FRIEDRICH Orr, subjects of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Medina, in the county of Stutsmau and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Recoil-Mounts for Ordnance, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a recoil mount for ordnance.

The present device is designed to provide a mounting means for ordnance `carriages adapted for retarding the recoil of the firing piece during the operation thereof.

t is further designed herein to provide an anchoredmount for loosely inclosing a gun carriage thus limiting the movements of 'the carriage-during the firing of the gun carried thereby.

Another object of the invention is to .provide an anchoring support having a shiftable inclosure for receiving the wheels of a gun carriage which may be thus readily positioned upon and removed from the sup` port, the recoil of the gun being limited by the support when the gun is positioned therein during the firing operation.

lVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cannon mounted upon the present device, only one side member of the device being illustrated with the inner ange thereof removed and its shiftable section shown by dotted lines in its open position. Fig. 2- is a rear elevation of the same with one side of the device shown in vertical transverse section. nig. 8 is a detail sectional view taken upon line III- 1H of Fig. 1, and Fig. el is a vertical detail sectional view taken upon line IV-IV of Fig. 1.

The present device being arranged for supporting a gun carriage during the active operation of the gun, the same is herein illustrated in'connection with a cannon 10i mounted upon a carriage 11 having two opposite supporting wheels 12 and a rearwardly extending ground engaging strut 12j.

The invention contemplates t vo Opposite wheel supporting means 1l and 15 of ide-utical construction, each` having a base 16 with'a forward incline 17 up which incline the carriage is moved upon its wheels 12 until said wheels assume the position illustrated in F ig. lof the drawings, the strut 13 haring its free end resting upon the ground 18. Each base 16 is provided with a cylindrical inclosing member for one of the wheels 12 in the form of a semi-circular receiving rim 19 secured at the bottom thereof to the rear portion of the base 16, as at 20, while a similar semi-circular rim 21 is hingedly connected to the top of the rim 19 as at 22, the two rim portions being adapted to close together forming a circular casing, the rim portions each being U-shaped in cross section.

The free end of the swinging rim 21 is provided with a slightly projecting similar form of journal 23 adapted to seat within a receiving recess 24 in the upper face of the base 16 when the section 21 is closed, the said rim section 21 being slightly resilient allowing its insertion within and withdrawal from the said recess 24. A spacing rod 25 constitutes the pintles for the hinges 22 of the hinged rim portion 21 of the opposite side members 1/1 and 15 being rendered adjustable by means of the lock nuts 26 whereby the said side members or supports are properly spaced apart for the reception of the carriage wheels 12. A combined spacing and locking rod 27 is positionable through the bases 16 of each of the supporting members being also threaded through a transverse perforation 28 in the journals 28 of the swinging rim sections 21. Lock nuts 29 are arranged upon the rod 28 for properly spacing the bases 16 apart, the sections 21 being locked in their closed positions retaining the wheels 12 within the supporting members when the rod 27 is in place.

A further positioning and strengthening rod 30 connects the bases 16 together being provided with lock nuts 31. A rearwardly extending ground engaging leg 32 is carried by each of the supporting members 14 and 15 having sharpened calks 83 projected into the ground and being rearwardly inclined adapted for withstanding any rearward impulse exerted upon the supporting member thereof.

With the gun carriage mounted upon the present support, it will be seen that any re coil of the gun operating upon the carriage wheels 12 will cause the said wheels to slightly shift or turn within the supporting members 14 and 15, but the movement of such wheels will be limited by the immovable Linclosing rim portions 19 and 21 as stabilized by the aforementioned legs 32. The position of the carriage 11 will thus be rendered substantially stationary, the wheels 12 riding upwardly within the supporting members 14@ and 15 upon each iiring of the cannon 10 will automatically return to their normal position upon the bases 16 as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Vhile the form of the invention herein shown and described is what is believed to be the preferable embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made in the form, proportion and details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

Vhat we claim as new is 1. A gun carriage support comprising inclosing members for the wheels of said carriage, spacing rods for the said members, rearwardly extending legs upon the said members and ground engaging calks upon the said legs.

2. A support for gun carriage wheels comprising an inclined mounting base support for the said wheels, a semi-circular rim section secured to each of said bases and being U-shaped in cross section, a semi-circular rim section hingedly carried by the stationary rim section and being of similar cross section, a combined closure retaining means for the said hinged rim section and spacing means for the said bases removably carried by the said bases, and ground engaging rearwardly extending bracing legs upon the said fixed rim sections. Y

3. A device of the class described comprising oppositely arranged wheel supporting bases having inclined forward faces and transverse keeper sockets, a xed wheel receiving rim section carried by the rear end of each of said bases, a wheel inclosing shiftable rim section hinged adjacent the top of the said xed section, a journal projecting from the free end of the said hinged section adapted for seating within the said keeper recess when the rim sections are in their closed circular arrangement, spacing rods forming the pintles for the said hinge connection and lower spacing rods secured through the said bases and the said journals mounted thereon.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures.

JOSEPH GONSIOR. FRIEDRICH OPP.

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